High aperture wide angle objective



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' (1) The refractive index on the spectrum d-line of all positive lenses lies between 1.6 and 1.8;

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The present invention relates to a photographic ob- 0.35 F R 0.65F jective and more particularly to a high aperture wide 0.17 F R, 0.37F angle objective. 0.27 F R 0.47 F

It is an object of the present invention to provide a 0.2 F R 0.4F high aperture wide angle objective with high efliciency F R 5 F and high precision. F R 3 F It is another object of the present invention to provide F R 2 F a high aperture wide angle objective having remarkable correction of spherical aberration and other aberrations in image curvature and the like. 1

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the description hereinafter The following is an embodiment of the photographic objective according to the present invention where the focal length is F=='1, and the angle of view 2a=63 and the aperture ratio is 1:1.4 and the Abbe number of each lens element is denoted in the order of the alignment by which: reference symbols v v Fig. 1 shows an illustrative embodiment of the high aperture wide angle objective according to the present invention and I R -0504 d|=0.025 Ni=1.63980 l7|==34.6

Figs. 2,3 and 4 are graphs of the sine condition of the 1 l=0.175 N,=1.ss1oo 9i=54.8 corrected spherical aberration, astigmatic aberration and 8 :0003 distortion, respectively, of said objective. R4 =0.365 l It is a particular object of the present invention to 5 RFD 508 provide ahigh aperture wide angle objective, with an d4=0.025 N4=L64769 vt=33.9 image angle of 63 and an aperture ratio of almost B60366 :0257 1:1.4, which has the remarkable advantage of highly R1=- -o.a69 correcting spherical aberration, and other aberrations in Rs =42 5=0.055 Ns=1.64250 06 58.09 image curvature and the like, utilizing a new system of dt=0.020 N=1.59270 96 35.4 structure and arrangement o newly inventedglass in d1=0 u9 NFUHOO F5339 photographic ob ective comprtsmg four components. l0="' 4 The high aperture wide angle objective according to the :0901 present invention, of which an illustrative embodiment is d==0.100 N'=1.72000 m=50.31 shown in Fig. 1, comprises four axially aligned compo- 45 1'366 nents consisting of eight lenses, the first component I being positive and comprising negative lens L cemented to plasmve lens wlth its fim 5 g 8, of a? astigmatic aberration, image curvature and distortion in vergmg power turned E y s e o lect e the above embodiment are illustrated in'Figs. 2, 3, and second component P of nfiganve power and meals 4. In Fig. 2, the heavier chain line SA is the spherical cus shape and consmmg of Posmve lens L3 cemented to aberration graph of the spectrum d-line; the heavier full negative lens L and having its convex outer surface of line Sc th d e graph of the deviation of such d-line from {E 8mg; fi Z gzag? Digi ai ggs fg gfi gfi the sine conditionjthe fine chain line SA, the spherical and consisting of three lens elements L L and L a-berranon grap i the spectrum g'm-Ie; and the fi line SC the deviation graph of such g-line from the sine cemented in the order of positive, negative and posicondition. In Fig. 3, the heavy solid line A. is the graph tive lens elements with its concave outer surface of of the sagital field curvature and the broken line Amthat of the meridional field curvature while in Fig. 4 nent IV of a bummer: ositive lens L Denotin the serall focal lengthof the objective by i, the radit is of 80nd lme D B the graph of the dlstomon each angle of incidence. a 233:1? g: g gi gg g is ig gz g g Heretofore, it has been impossible to attain an aper- .gnn1 a 0 ture ratio beyond f:1.7 for a wide angle objective of an $22: 2? 3 i ifig gg z s gi g f gi g g: image angle of 63, since the essential condition to obness of the lens element at the o tical axis in the order 65 a Wlder Image angle that cement-m of abgranon b d d p d h l kn in image curvature, and another essential condition to of 2 ahgnment. y an t efaxla if attain an improvement in photographic power, that is, of e Spams F afiiacent sur aces f correction in spherical aberration, naturally conflict with iomlimmat at the Pncal 3X15 the order the 8 each other in its own structural condition. This is ab- The graphs of the spherical abberation, sine condition,

' men! y reference Symbols 1, 2 the high aperture solutely inevitable so long as the conventional structural wide angle objective according to'the present invention system and the known glass materials are used. The satisfies the following conditions: need to overcome this difliculty has been a critical requisite, and the present invention has as a particular object the elimination thereof by satisfying the conflicting two essential conditions with the aid of specifically devised glass of low dispersive power and high refractive index recently introduced, and its overall utilization and intelligently devised structural system corresponding thereto. Insuch objective a glass of a low dispersive power and high refractive index, having a refractive index between 1.6 and 1.8, is utilized for all positive lens elements thereby to reduce to a minimum the loss entailed .in other aberrations and thus to improve correction of spherical aberration. Furthermore, the first component is composed of two elements of specific shape cemented together, using a negative meniscus lens for its first element, so that remarkable improvement is attained in the desired correction of its image curvature without impairing the correction of spherical aberration. It should be noted that in an objective of an aperture ratio of around f:l.4, coma is undeniably aggravated in the general case. On the contrary, the objective according to the present invention provides strong converging power to the radii of curvature 'of the lens surfaces, R of the ,first component and R of the third component, as well.

' Furthermore, the axial thickness of the air space between the surface of the second component and the adjacent surface of the third component s, is given a value between about 0.2 F and 0.3 P so that the aggravation in coma is satisfactorily eliminated. It is another advantage of the objective according to the present invention that the .the object, a second component of negative meniscus shape consisting of two lens elements cemented in the order of positive and negative lens elements with its convex outer surface towards the object, a third component of negative meniscus shape consisting of three lens elements cemented in the order of positive, negative and positive lens elements with its concave outer surface towards the object, a fourth component of a bi-convex positive lens; the objective satisfying the following conditions, when the focal length is denoted by F, the radius of curvature of the surface of each lens element in the order of the alignment by R R the refractive index on the spectrum d-line of each lens element in the order of the alignment by N N the thickness of the lens element at the optical axis in the order of the alignment by d d and the thickness of the air space between adjacent surfaces of each component at the optical axis in the order of the alignment by s 5:, e a

(1) The refractive index on the spectrum d-line of all positive lenses is between 1.6 and 1.8;

2. A high aperture wide angle photographic objective with improved spherical aberration and curvature of image field correction of four axially aligned, air spaced components, the first component being of positive power and consisting a first negative lens cemented to a first positive lens and convex towards the object side of the objective, the second component of negative meniscus shape and .consisting of a second positive lens and a second negative lens cemented to each other and convex to the object sideof the objective, the third component being of negative meniscus shape and consisting of a third positive, a third negative and a fourth positive intercemented in that order and concave to the object side of the objective,.and a biconvex fourth component, in which objective the radii of curvature Rsubmlpt of the individual lens surfaces in succession from the object side of the objective,,the distances dsubscflptat the optical axis of the lensthicknesses, the spacings s between air spaced lens surfaces at the optical axis, the refractive indices Nsubsmpt of the d-line, the dispersion factors vsubsmpf, of the individual lenses, the focal length F, and the aperture ratio 1, are numerically as follows:

Lena Radius of Axial Refractive Dispersion Curvature Dlstanee Index Factor R1 0.689 1 L1 R 0504 tit-0.02s N|-1.63980 Ill-34.6 In...-. til-0.175 m-imroo vt-us Rs I 2.002

lt-l'MXlil Re I 0.365 In R a 0508 tit-0.078 tat-1.74400 h-fi Lt tit-0.025 N4IL64769 u-ass 8a=0257 R1=-0.369 L db=0.055 N;=-1.64250 n-58.09

R =IO.254 L. R r4302 dt=o.020 Nl-l-mo "-35.4 In 411-0410 N1-1.71306 n-saso a e-0.001 Rn= 2.149 L. d.=-o.10o Isl-1.1200 n-soat Rli-1.366

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